GALI PROTOCOL of
The extraordinary Quadripartite Meeting at the
high level was held on 8 October 2003 that was convened upon the initiative of
the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Heidi Tagliavini in the headquarter of Gali
sector of the UNOMIG due to the worsening of security situation in the conflict
zone, especially in Gali District.
The Georgian delegation was led by Malkhaz kakabadze, the Abkhaz
delegation – by Sergei Shamba,
the CPKF was represented by General-Major Namokonov.
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary
General opened the meeting. The meeting
was chaired by the military observer General-Major Kazi-Ashfak.
The principal topic in the agenda was the
deterioration of security situation in the conflict zone, particularly in Gali District, as well as the measures aimed at preventing
the escalation of the situation and improving the cooperation between the
sides.
The
Georgian and the Abkhaz sides reaffirmed their obligations with respect of
security that was adopted in the previous documents, underlining the importance
of the resolutions by the Security Council of the UN; the participants discussed the further
steps for improving the existing mechanisms.
The sides agreed
on the following:
1.1. To cooperate and take the immediate steps
to put en end to the offensive acts, regardless of their character, which
seriously affect the security in the conflict zone.
1.2. To exchange the list of offences that, as
reported by the sides, were committed in the conflict zone, particularly in Gali District.
1.3. The both sides agreed to address every
single offense and the perpetrators will be punished.
2. In the light of commencing the work of the
Civil Police of the UNOMIG in the future, the sides agreed to establish
full-scale cooperation with it in fighting against crime and offenders and
through it to raise effectiveness of existing mechanisms aimed at improving the
situation in law-enforcement.
3. The
sides agreed to have the next meeting on 9 December 2003 at the same high level
in order to give the assessment to the progress achieved through the
cooperation, as well as to find the possibilities to raise the effectives of
existing mechanisms, such as quadripartite meeting and the activity of the
group of human rights within the frame of these mechanisms.
For the Abkhaz side
For the Georgian side M. Kakabadze
For the UNOMIG Kazi Ashfak
For the CIS CPKF Namokonov
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of